Chinese Character Dictionary

一齐

yī qí

at the same time

丁

Dīng

surname Ding

丁丁

Dīng dīng

Tintin

丁丁炒面

dīng dīng chăo miàn

chopped fried noodles

丁丑

dīng chŏu

fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 207

丁二烯

dīng èr xī

butadiene C4H6

丁二醇

dīng èr chún

butyl glycol

丁亥

dīng hài

twenty fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067

丁克

dīng kè

Dual Income, No Kids (DINK) (loanword)

丁内酯

dīng nèi zhĭ

butyrolactone

丁冬

dīng dōng

(onom.) ding dong

丁加奴

Dīng jiā nú

Terengganu, northeast state of mainland Malaysia

丁卯

dīng măo

fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047

丁型肝炎

dīng xíng gān yán

hepatitis D

丁基

Dīng Jī

Ding Ji (1917-1944), real name Li Baicen 李百岑, journalist based in Yanan, martyr of the revolution

丁字

dīng zì

T-shaped

丁字尺

dīng zì chĭ

T-square

丁字梁

dīng zì liáng

T-girder

丁字步

dīng zì bù

T-step (basic dance position, with the feet forming a T shape)

丁字街

dīng zì jiē

T-junction

丁字裤

dīng zì kù

thong (underwear)

丁字镐

dīng zì găo

hammer pick

丁客

dīng kè

see 丁克[dīng kè]

丁宁

dīng níng

variant of 叮嚀|叮咛[dīng níng]

丁宠家庭

dīng chŏng jiā tíng

double income family who have pets rather than children (see also 丁克[dīng kè])

丁巳

dīng sì

fifty fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037

丁未

dīng wèi

forty fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027

丁汝昌

Dīng Rŭ chāng

Ding Ruchang (1836-189), commander of the Qing North China Navy

丁烯

dīng xī

butene or butylene C4H8

丁烷

dīng wán

butane

丁玲

Dīng Líng

Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 190s as anti-Party

丁磊

Dīng Lĕi

Ding Lei (1971-), founder and CEO of NetEase 網易|网易[Wăng yì]

丁糖

dīng táng

tetrose (CH20)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms

丁肇中

Dīng Zhào zhōng

Samuel C. C. Ting

丁酉

dīng yŏu

thirty fourth year D10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 197 or 2017

丁醇

dīng chún

butanol

丁醛

dīng quán

butyraldehyde

丁零当啷

dīng ling dāng lāng

ding-a-ling

丁青

Dīng qīng

Dêngqên county, Tibetan: Steng chen rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chāng dū dì qū], Tibet

丁青县

Dīng qīng xiàn

Dêngqên county, Tibetan: Steng chen rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chāng dū dì qū], Tibet

丁韪良

Dīng Wĕi liáng

William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 180 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Beijing university

丁香

dīng xiāng

lilac (Syringia vulgaris)

丁骨牛排

dīng gŭ niú pái

T-bone steak

丁鲷

dīng diāo

tench

丁点

dīng diăn

tiny bit

丂

kăo

"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters

七

qī

seven

七七

qī qī

seven sevens (equals 49)

七七事变

Qī Qī Shì biàn

Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng]

七七八八

qī qī bā bā

almost

七上八下

qī shàng bā xià

at sixes and sevens

七事

qī shì

the Seven Duties of a sovereign, namely: offering sacrifice 祭祀, giving audience 朝覲|朝觐, administering jointly 會同|会同, receiving guests 賓客|宾客, running army 軍旅|军旅, attending to farm work 田役, mourning ceremonial 喪荒|丧荒

七分之一

qī fēn zhī yī

one seventh

七十

qī shí

seventy

七十七国集团

qī shí qī guó jí tuán

Group of 77

七十年代

qī shí nián dài

the seventies

七台河

Qī tái hé

see 七台河市[Qī tái hé shì]

七台河市

Qī tái hé shì

Qitaihe prefecture level city, Heilongjiang province

七和弦

qī hé xián

seventh (musical cord)

七喜

Qī xĭ

7 Up (soft drink)